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Watch SpaceX launch a Falcon 9 rocket for a record 12th time tonight

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The Launchpad

NASA's new moon rocket, its most powerful ever, rolls out for 1st time

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NASA's new megarocket for its Artemis 1 moon mission is on the launch pad for the first time. It's the first Space Launch System rocket ever built.

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Photos: NASA rolls Artemis 1 moon rocket to launch pad for 1st time

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See images of the Space Launch System rocket and Orion capsule on the move.

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Watch SpaceX launch a Falcon 9 rocket for a record 12th time tonight

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will fly for a record-setting 12th time tonight, and you can watch the historic action live. Liftoff is scheduled for 11:24 p.m. EDT (0324 GMT on March 19).

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Soyuz launches to space station with first all-Russian cosmonaut crew in 22 years

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft has lifted off for the International Space Station with the first all-Russian career-cosmonaut crew to fly in more than two decades.

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Spaceflight

Cosmonauts reach space station 3.5 hours after launch (video)

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A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying Oleg Artemyev, Denis Matveev and Sergey Korsakov docked with the station's new Prichal nodule at 3:12 p.m. EDT (1912 GMT) as both vehicles were flying over eastern Kazakhstan.

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Europe's Mars rover unlikely to launch before 2026

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The ExoMars rover was set to launch on a Russian rocket and land with a Russian landing platform this year. Russia's brutal war on Ukraine means that won't happen.

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Pete Davidson won't launch to space with Blue Origin

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The actor and "Saturday Night Live" star was scheduled to launch on March 23 aboard New Shepard, a suborbital rocket built by Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin. But Blue Origin has delayed the launch, which will carry five other passengers, to March 29 and Davidson can no longer make the flight.

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Science & Astronomy

Is the secret of supermassive black holes in ultralight dark matter?

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Three scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have determined one plausible theory to explain the formation of supermassive black holes, and the key is ultralight dark matter

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Dwarf planet Ceres formed at the icy edge of the solar system

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The dwarf planet Ceres is located in the asteroid belt but looks nothing like its neighbors. In a new paper, scientists propose an explanation for the conundrum.

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SpaceX

2 SpaceX astronaut launches to the space station delayed

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We'll have to wait a little longer to see SpaceX's next two astronaut missions take flight. Elon Musk's company is gearing up to launch two crewed missions to the International Space Station: Ax-1, a private flight for Houston-based company Axiom Space, and Crew-4, a contracted mission for NASA.

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Skywatching

Saturn shines with Venus and Mars before dawn. Here's where and when.

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The ringed planet has been slowly moving toward Venus and Mars since early March. However, beginning today (March 18), viewers will be able to spot the trio low in the eastern sky before sunrise.

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Full moon calendar: When to see the next full moon

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The next full moon will occur on Friday, March 18 at 3:17 am. (0717 GMT), but the moon will appear full the night before and after its peak to the casual stargazer. The March full moon is also known as the Full Worm Moon.

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